Weight Watchers

I've noticed that my own little "diets" haven't been working. There's no rules, there are no restrictions, there's no one 'watching' me to make sure I'm doing a good job. In other words, there's no structure. So, I decided to go back on Weight Watchers. I've had some success with WW before, so I decided to try it again.

Instead of doing the meetings, I did the online program. I'm a little worried about that - going to the meetings is inspirational, and the thought of someone else weighing me in also gives a little extra motivation. But I'm pretty busy with a weird work schedule, so I figured that the online program would just be easier.

I started yesterday with the points system. I weighed in at 137.9 pounds, which is lower than I thought I was, but still much too high for my height and body. At least it's not in the 140's - that way, if I even just lose 10 pounds in the next few months, I'll be in the 120's, and that's a less intimidating figure to go by.

I did decent yesterday. With this plan, I have to record everything I eat and get the points, which really makes me think hard about what I'm eating. I had enough time yesterday to plan out everything I was going to eat all day and to make both my lunch and dinner, which was a nice luxury.

So, yesterday. For breakfast I had 2 egg whites and a Fiber 1 bar, coming in at about 5 points. I like to start out my morning with low points - that way I don't feel stressed about the rest of the day. I made myself an AWESOME lunch. The only thing is, I ate earlier than I normally do, at like 12:30... so I was hungry too early. I need to eat lunch at around 1 or 1:30 from now on. Anyway, I got a yummy lunch recipe off of WeightWatchers.com. I figured since I was home with nothing else to do, I might as well make myself a nice little lunch. I made these pita sandwiches with hummus, cucumbers and lettuce in a lemon-dill dressing and with feta cheese. They were DELICIOUS. Definitely something I am going to have to make much more often! It was quick and easy and low points - only 8 for the whole pita. And it was filling. I really, really liked it.

I got hungry again by 2 though. I'm so used to mindlessly snacking that I guess I'm just hungry all the time. :( I wanted a healthy snack, but what I REALLY was craving was something bad for me. I tried to have an Eggo waffle with peanut butter spread on it, but it was disgusting and I couldn't finish it. I ate an orange and was still starving. So finally I caved and had some Eggo waffle cereal. I was so annoyed at myself but what can you do really?

I did get to go to the gym, which I was really happy about. I did a Step class and it was all cardio, kind of hard, and exhausting. It was pretty intense. That got me a few extra points.

Dinner was another delicious meal! I picked another recipe from WW, a kind of healthier fried rice. Brown rice, Swiss chard, carrots, scallions, ginger, snow peas, regular peas, and soy sauce - it was amazing. Seriously, I loved it. I had one and a half servings and could probably have had only one, but it was so yummy! It's definitely something I have to make more of. Vegetable fried rice is my absolute favorite thing to get at the Chinese place, and this was a much healthier alternative! Plus, I had leftovers. Since I'm interning today and will be home late, I'm just going to heat up one serving of that when I get home. I think I'll also make a salad full of veggies. I love that veggies and must fruits are only 0 points - I try to fill myself up on those when I'm hungry.

Oh! I also tried drinking a sip of water in between each bite during dinner last night. It slowed down my eating and definitely filled me up more. I was sooo full after dinner. And guess what? I went to the movies and didn't even get popcorn! That is an accomplishment - movie theater popcorn with butter is one of my favorite snacks EVER.

Today I have done okay. Not really a balanced breakfast and kind of high in points, but what can I say? I desperately need my coffee in the morning! I had my usual venti vanilla latte, but for the sake of points, I got it with nonfat milk. That was 6 POINTS. Ugh! Yes, I realize that that is wayyyyy too many points to be wasting on a liquid, but I LOVE my vanilla lattes! I don't want to give them up and I NEED the extra caffeine that comes in a venti!

I also had a Kellog fiber bar for breakfast, bringing my points total up to 9 so far. For lunch, I'm going to have 10 vegetable soup from Hale & Hearty - only 3 points for a large! I'm going to skip the bread though.

Knowing I was only going to have vegetable soup for lunch, I packed myself a little snack to get me through those 4-6 hunger pains: Carrots and snow peas. I also brought a bottle of water.

I just figured out that with my soup and my dinner tonight, that's all my points for the day! Those 9 points for breakfast are killing me. And tonight I really want to watch the Peoples Choice Awards so I don't even know if I'll have time to exercise! I need to figure out a no points salad to eat with dinner so I fill myself up enough!

I'll keep you updated on my progress. I know I always say that and then don't write in here for weeks, but I like Weight Watchers - so hopefully this will stick!